Hang a rod horizontally, add weight to the tip, rotate the butt. The tip doesn't spring out to the side... Then try and bend the rod further, and let go. It still doesn't spring out to the side no matter where you turn it to originally. When we cast, we apply pressure at the butt, bend the rod from there and unbend it from there, while the tip drags a line after it. And you want us to believe it has a slight spine that causes it to veer of to the side while we do that if we mount the eyes wrongly due to someone's half-baked theory.Paul Arden wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:54 pm Many years ago I had a conversation with David Norwich who reasoned that the rod would tend to bend through the plane of bending, no matter where the rings are placed. I can see some logic in this, since it takes little effort to twist the tip around.
I’ve heard so many different options.
Cheers, Paul
Reminds me of the rodbrand that marketed themselves on having spine aligned for a more accurate cast. They put a nail in the cork to show where you should cast it.
Went to the casting pool with a very eager seller, turned the reel out and made a straight rollcast, and was jumped and told I did it all wrong and shit. Was told to turn the rod and experience a much better cast. Deliberately made a puddle cast out of the next cast and was told by the eager seller, wasn't that a much better cast? Needless to say I just handed him the rod back...
Cheers
Lasse